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Ideally, going from 8.0 to 8.0 (same versions numbers regardless of which #’s they happen to be *is* best), but you can successfully carry over a PFC from 8.0 to 9.0 with little problems.

netdom query fsmo and make sure all the roles are listed for ROHNSERVER – also run this command on the other DC and if the roles are different then you may well need to forceremove that – ensure active directory … Read More »

Local Admin Password Problem change local admin password on multiple computers

if putting into a production system. 1. ghost system 2. before putting current hard drives onto controller, put controller into system and load drivers. 3. move main drive over to controller and secondary drive. make sure you know which drive … Read More »

link MSDTC Event ID 4143 and 53258 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 Domain Controller I got hit by a problem on a freshly installed virtual machine using a slipstreamed SP1 installation and promoted to a domain controller. Two events were … Read More »

dsl behind proxy check this http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp if windowsupdate is not installing and windowsdefender is not updating run DRCTP021 set MTU to 1400 Reboot computer turn off proxy settings in Internet Exploder. It should now update

How to turn on or turn off circular logging in Exchange 2000 Server and Exchange Server 2003 View products that this article applies to.

How to disable servers from becoming browser servers As we mentioned, all domain controllers must be singlehomed for browsing to operate correctly. All domain controllers in a domain are by default browser servers. To disable multihomed Windows NT servers from … Read More »

the other option is to backup with an imaging tool like livestate recovery or ghost & then break the software raid 1 & downgrade to a single disk. Then implement the hardware raid & image the os back on

outlook 2003 exchange This is by design, what you need to do is enable the automatic forwarding via Exchange System Manager: 1. Open Exchange System Manager 2. Double-click Global Settings 3. Click on Internet Message Formats, and open the properties … Read More »